"Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom."

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Joseph Joubert

#Men Quotes #Age Quotes #Quality Quotes

“I believe education is the great equalizer.”
“Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law â€” not the rule of force â€” governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.”
“I've always written everything as two guitars and I never thought I'd find that right person.”

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“And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.”
“Poetry is a kind of distilled insinuation. It's a way of expanding and talking around an idea or a question. Sometimes, more actually gets said through such a technique than a full frontal assault,”

Source : Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr
“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”
“I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'”
“You know you are old when you've lost your marvels.”

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